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Moving on to the last name on the list,Lt Cmdr Thomas Dodge.
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Third in his class at sub school.Did even better in the advanced course.
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Cited for tactical excellence,joint NATO exercise.
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180 and closing, sir.
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- Ahead one-third, steady on course.- Ahead one-third, steady on course. Aye, sir.
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- Target at 175 and closing, sir.- Let's try a shot.
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This is the third timeTom Dodge has come up for command.
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If we don't give him a boat, he'll bedropped from the command programme,
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which would be a tragedy for him
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and a mistake for us, given the yearsand dollars spent training him.
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Well, I'd have to disagree with you,Admiral Price.
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Dodge's fitness reportalso presents a man who three years ago
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brushed against a Russianmissile sub just off Murmansk.
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Not exactly a promotional bell-ringer.
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Target at 160, sir. Five-knot aiding wind.
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- Delivery seven.- We have a shooting solution.
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More to the point, I simply don'tapprove of his command style.
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He's impulsive. He's often undisciplined,even reckless at times.
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Fire one!
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Get up there, you miserable little puke.
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(whistles)
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It's a fine shot, sir.
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Well, what the heck?Why don't we pull in so you can putt out?
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I will simply remind the selection boardof one irrefutable fact
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that seems to sum up Dodge's character.
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There is physical evidence that as an ensignDodge became so physically intoxicated
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that he not only allowedhimself to be tattooed,
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but tattooed on his genitalia.
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